Change remote Git URL after forking a repository

10/13/15  Public, Git

After you have forked and cloned the repository:

$ cd into-the-repository
$ git remote set-url origin https://github.com/username/repo-name.git

So for example, if your GitHub username is hpjaj, and the repo is holo-alfa, h...

How the ruby Tap method works

10/09/15  Public, Ruby General

First, let's define a couple of terms: caller and mutated.

The caller is what tap is being called on. In the below, the caller is arr:

arr = [2, 3, 1]
arr.tap do |x|
  x.sort
end

Mutated permanently change...

Sublime text shortcut for moving whole line up or down

10/03/15  Public, Shortcuts

On a mac:

command + control + up-arrow

command + control + down-arrow

Sketch 3 - get distance between objects

10/03/15  Public, Other Languages

https://twitter.com/luclemo/status/649235402268770304

Add all Google Fonts to Sketch 3

10/03/15  Public, Online Resources

From: http://www.sketchappsources.com/blog/post/how-to-solve-missing-fonts-in-sketch-app

All you have to do is paste the code below into Terminal:

curl https://raw.githubusercontent.com/qrpike/Web-Font-Load/master/install.sh | sh

If yo...

In a controller spec, calling a PUT or POST action

09/18/15  Public, Testing / TDD

From users_controller_spec.rb:

put :update, :id => user.id, :user => { :active => false }

Change command line theme when using "Oh My ZSH"

08/29/15  Public, Command Line

https://github.com/robbyrussell/oh-my-zsh/wiki/Themes

Settings file for "Oh My ZSH" command line interface

08/29/15  Public, Command Line

The file used to make settings adjustments for Oh My ZSH is a dotfile called .zshrc

It is located in the root ~ directory

Step through pry sessions when debugging

08/18/15  Public, Testing / TDD

Adds step, next, finish and continue commands and breakpoints to Pry using byebug.

https://github.com/deivid-rodriguez/pry-byebug

Only supports MRI (ruby) 2.0.0 or newer. For MRI 1.9.3 or older, use pry-debugger

String interpolation with single and double quotes dealing with escape characters

08/14/15  Public, Testing / TDD, Ruby General

This expectation does not recognize/interpolate the @volunteer.phone_number:

expect(response.body).to include('<Message to="#{@volunteer.phone_number}">Anybody home?</Message>')

By using Ruby programming *alternate double quo...